SIPPER plankton and marine snow abundance and distribution data for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: June 2012 – August 2014

Dataset Authors

Kendra L. Daly, University of South FloridaFollow

Abstract

This dataset contains seasonal and interannual marine snow, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larval fish abundance and distributions collected from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using the Shadowed Image Particle Profiling Evaluation Recorder (SIPPER). The purpose of the dataset is to assess the seasonal and interannual zooplankton abundance and distribution after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Comments

Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.

Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.

Purpose

To assess the seasonal and interannual zooplankton abundance and distribution after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Keywords

zooplankton, phytoplankton, plankton, suspended particles, detritus, marine snow, larval fish, abundance, density, distribution, lower trophic food web

UDI

R1.x135.120:0017

Date

5-17-2016 12:00 AM

Point of Contact

Daly, Kendra
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
kdaly@marine.usf.edu

Funding Source

RFP-I

Start of Data Collection

6-29-2012

End of Data Collection

8-12-2014

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7266/N76T0JKS

Rights Information

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

Scholar Commons Citation

Daly, Kendra L., "SIPPER plankton and marine snow abundance and distribution data for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: June 2012 – August 2014" (2016). C-IMAGE data. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cimage_data/12